diff --git a/uppsrc/CppBase/Qualify.cpp b/uppsrc/CppBase/Qualify.cpp
index 900b87a0d..9f805ff6d 100644
--- a/uppsrc/CppBase/Qualify.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/CppBase/Qualify.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ String QualifyIds(ScopeInfo& nf, const String& k, const String& usings, bool all
 
 String Qualify(const CppBase& base, const String& scope, const String& type, const String& usings)
 {
+	if(type.StartsWith("::"))
+		return type.Mid(2);
 	ScopeInfo nf(base, scope);
 	return QualifyIds(nf, type, usings, true);
 }
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Assist.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Assist.cpp
index 5c4845f45..817b30159 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Assist.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Assist.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ void AssistEditor::Assist()
 		String tp;
 		Vector<String> xp = ReadBack(q, parser.local.GetIndex());
 		bool isok = false;
+		if(xp.GetCount() && xp[0].StartsWith("::")) // ::Foo().
+			xp[0] = xp[0].Mid(2);
 		for(int i = 0; i < xp.GetCount(); i++)
 			if(iscib(*xp[i])) {
 				isok = true;